RIFF INDUSTRY DAYS 2021
MASTER CLASSES JOACHIM TRIER & MIA HANSENLØVE Place: GAMLA BÍÓ Date: Thursday 30TH SEPTEMBER TIME: 12.00 - 13.30 Open to the public under registration. https://riff.is/industry-days/masterclasses/ ABOUT JOACHIM TRIER
Joachim Trier, born in 1974, grew up in Oslo, Norway in a family of filmmakers. His first foray into filmmaking came as a teenager, making skateboard-montage videos with friends. Later he studied filmmaking in Denmark and the UK, and his short films promptly brought him acclaim. His first two features, Reprise (2006) and Oslo, August 31st (2011), are classic tales of young people on crossroads in the Norwegian capital told in realist fashion. Both earned praise and awards at film festivals on both sides of the Atlantic. His two following features presented different challenges– Louder than Bombs (2015), featured stars such as Isabelle Huppert and Jesse Eisenberg and was his English-language debut, and Thelma (2017), brought Trier into the realm of the fantastic in a comingof-age tale of a young woman. His newest feature, The Worst Person in the World (2021), premiered at Cannes Film Festival and completes his Oslo Trilogy. His work revolves around character-driven stories with existential themes, commonly told with rich emotional sensitivity. Joachim Trier is one of Scandinavia’s leading modern filmmakers.
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ABOUT MIA HANSENLØVE
Born in Paris in 1981, Mia Hansen-Løve attended the National Academy of Dramatic Arts, and then worked as a film critic at Cahiers du Cinema before moving on to her first passion: directing. Her body of work consists of seven features, which have won her awards (Silver Bear at Berlin Film Festival among many) and the acclaim of audiences and film critics alike. Her films are always personal and strike an interesting blend between fiction and the autobiographical. They are defined by an understated style, sometimes described as transparent, which provides for the viewer a clear pathway into the world of each story. Intelligent and dialogue-driven, Hansen-Løve‘s narratives put characters and atmosphere at the forefront and always contain a strong emotional grounding. Her emotionally-deep and distinct films are at the forefront of contemporary French cinema.
